![]() ![]() Some later traditions even portrayed her as a “secret disciple of Jesus.”Īpocryphal Christian texts like the Acts of Pilate - a fifth-century writing - elaborate on Pilate’s wife’s role. Still, why is this particular woman assigned such an important position in later Christian tradition? According to New Advent, the Abyssianian or Coptic Egyptian Church recognizes her and her husband as saints. While Pilate was in judgment, “his wife sent word to him, ‘Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for today I have suffered a great deal because of a dream about him'” (Matthew 27:19).Īlthough she is unnamed in Matthew, tradition assigns Pilate’s wife the name of “Claudia Procula.” Matthew’s portrayal of Claudia might draw on the prototypical image of a noble pagan woman intervening for a Jewish cause, say some scholars. The Gospel of Matthew, Pilate’s wife, who remains unnamed, pleads with her husband for Jesus’’ innocence. the days of yore, and how people qualified their Judaism in the time of Jesus. As a religion major fascinated by ancient history, I started researching this figure and what I found made me wonder about the Judaism of today vs. ![]() ![]() I recently came across Pilate’s Wife, a novel by Antoinette May about the wife of Pontius Pilate, the procurator of Judea who allegedly prosecuted Jesus. ![]()
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